OCLC Hosted members contact OCLC Support to request assistance setting up an Auth Patron load.
A copy of uservalidation.txt will need to be submitted via SFTP
The frequency of the file upload is up to the submitting institution (minimum daily)
Required overnight processing
Each file overwrites the previous table
OCLC Support will assist if there are issues with the submitted uservalidation.txt file
NOTE: Load data is not used to authenticate a patron and the patrons username does not have to be in the table in order for them the login
separator=,
If you have many patron names that have a comma in the name like Sammy Davis, Jr., then you can change the separator to a pipe:
separator=|
NOTE: There should be 43 separators on each line for the different fields. OCLC sets it to check daily for new load files, but if there is no file there to update, then the system will not try to update the UserValidation table.If there is a file, then the system will update the UserValidation table by overwriting what is already there. If there is a large difference, then the system will send an error message and not overwrite the list. An example is if there were 1000 names and then you sent us 10 names. The system will not overwrite the list.